Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-27
THE NORTH STATE.
NEWS MOTIFS GATHERED KERx AND
THERE AT RALRBH.
Appeal to the Supreme Court Excitement
Over ceal Discovery
General Notes.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.I

hAbhitb, Az. ", 0uiy <Us-vhInts
Thomas, a white man, who was sem
fenced to be hanged at Hendersonville
September 9th for the murder Of James
r. Barnett, has appealed to the Su-
preme Court.
A match-game of ball here this after
noon between the Portsmouth and
Raleigh clubs was won by the Raleigh.
Score. 3 to 2. The game was exciting
and well played.
Much interest is manifested in the
southeastern part OF the State over al
legged discoveries of coal deposits in
Blsden and Sampson counties. 1T is
claimed that Bladen coal is OF high
quality.
A negro was arrested at Wilmington
last night on suspicion of being Caesar
Wooten, who is wanted for the murder
Of Matte Strickland, of Wilson. For
three months earnest search for Wooten
has been kept up.
Ex-CoNaREssMAN Reds TROUBLES
ENDED.
Your correspondent learned to-day
from n most reliable source that the
financial affairs of James w. Reid, ex-
congressman from the Fifth district,
have all been satisfactorily settled. His
brother, Rev. Frank l.. Reid, OF this
city, has been uutiring in his efforts to
accomplish this end, and has succeeded
very much TO the qualification OF the
many friends of the family. Exon
gresham Reid will now locate in one
of the large cities and will begin life
anew. He has fine talents, and his
friends hope that he may rise to the
eminence 70 which they entitle him.
II will be practically beginning life
anew.
NEWS OF ALL SORTS.
Two negro convicts on the Georgia
and North Carolina railway work have
died of sunstrOke in Union county.
The doath-ratc in the State is abating
materially since the advent of the rains
and of cooler weather.
a number of prominent Baptists
were here to-day on their way to the
annual meeting Of the Baptist Orphan
age Association, to be held in Thomas
vile tomorrow.
The State Colorcd Sundny-School
Association has just closed a very pro-
ftable session here, with large at
tendance.
The Fdgecombe Guards and lis band
will go to Chicago the coming autumn
to take part in the interstate drills.
The company, which is quite historic
organization. will attend in handsome
style with fifN-six men, CaptaiA Carl
". ,Ielireys. Ms captain, reports.
Mr. John Robinson, state Commits
sionor Of Agriculture, will deliver an
address at the grass and grain show 10
lie held at Asheville August 9TH, Al
the transmontano counties are to be
represented in this exhibition, and
great interest is shown in if.
Wilmington people are getting very
much in earnest about building q snort
line of railway into Onslow county. II
is claimed that the election on that
matter, soon to be held, Will result IA
vorably. and that Sl00, 900 will be sub
scrihcd to the capital stock of the road.
Mr.. Underwood. an ingenious resi-
don't Of Fayetteville, has invented and
is now making a cigarette-machine
which is claimed to be- speedier than
any other.
TIE EXTENSION or TIE "sHORT CUT"
All the arrangements Cor extending
the shortcut branch of the Whining
ton and Weldon road southwark from
Fayetteville have been perfected, and
it said that work is to at once begin.
What is now known as the " short
cut extends from Wilson to Fayotte-
vile. Ella Selma. The new line will,
IL is stated, extend to Florence, and
will cut off all the elbow Of the old
line Ivy way Of Wilmington. 1t is not
unreasonable to suppose that in a few
wears Wilmington will be on the branch
lire, and that the shortcut" will be-
come the main line. 1t is quite on the
cards.
AQUEFI CAUSE or COMPLAINT.
Some farmers in this section
make curious complaint in re-
gard to labor. 1t is that their
brother farmers take away their la
borers 10y offers of higher wages. For
instance, A with some trouble secures
half a dozen cotton-hands. i comes
along and tells them, while at work for
A. that he will give them more. The
result is they go and \ is left in the
lurch. 1t is not known whether the
custom obtains generally.
THE CoNvICT-LABoR PUZZLE.
Mr.. w. n. Jones, the Commissioner
OF Labor Statistics, says that after
having made inquiries of the peniten-
tiarv authorities of all the States as to
theirmode of utilizing conyicts and their
views Oh the subject of convict laborin
general, he is now sending out set OF
blanks containing inquiries as to the
views Of North Carolina people on this
vexod subject Replies are already
coming in TO these queries, and they
show very wide variance of view.
Most of those who reply frankly admit
that the question is one difficult to an
swer, and that the problem is (which
demands solution right now. There Is
a great deal OF harsh feeling against any
use of convict labor at all. The DRIFT
of the replies, however. is towards rail
way work.
The North Carolina Press Convention
endorsed the matter of building a
monument to Captain Randolph A..
Sbotwell. and also that of monument
10 Mr.. Peter Nj. Hale. The association
took steps to secure the attendance OF
only Jona.fde editors at its meetings.
1t took action on the subject of Sc
curing more uniformity of advertising
rates. About third OF the papers are
not in the association, and some ridi-
Guile it, but it is undoubtedly of benefit
to the newspapers as we'll as to the
general public.
SALISBURY.